Schedule
Below is the planned daily schedule. Dates, topics, and assignments may adjust as needed. All readings, slides, and homework are linked here.
| Week | Date | Topic | In-class Quiz | Homework Assigned | Homework Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Sept 3 | Course Introduction & Foundations Overview | – | Pre-Course Knowledge Check | Tuesday, Sept 9 (6pm Testing Center) |
| 2 | Mon, Sept 8 | Foundations: Machine Learning & LLMs | Syllabus Reading Quiz | – | – |
| 2 | Wed, Sept 10 | AI Foundations: Capabilities & Limitations | AI Foundations Reading Quiz 1 | – | – |
| 3 | Mon, Sept 15 | Prompt Engineering Fundamentals | AI Foundations Reading Quiz 2 | HW 1 – Prompt Engineering | Wed, Sept 22, 11:59pm |
| 3 | Wed, Sept 17 | Programmatic Prompting and Workshop | – | – | |
| 4 | Mon, Sept 22 | Creating a lightweight UI with Streamlit | Prompt Engineering Reading Quiz | – | – |
| 4 | Wed, Sept 24 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Fundamentals | – | HW 2 – RAG | Wed, Oct 6 |
| 5 | Mon, Sept 29 | RAG Implementation Working Session | RAG Reading Quiz | ||
| 5 | Wed, Oct 1 | Guest Speaker – RAG in Practice | – | – | – |
| 6 | Mon, Oct 6 | Fine-Tuning Fundamentals | – | – | |
| 6 | Wed, Oct 8 | Fine-Tuning Working Session | Fine-tuning Reading Quiz | HW 3 – Fine-Tuning | Mon, Oct 15 |
| 7 | Mon, Oct 13 | Guest Speaker – Fine-Tuning Applications | – | – | – |
| 7 | Wed, Oct 15 | Agents Overview & Planning | – | Mid-Course Survey | Mon, Oct 20 |
| 8 | Mon, Oct 20 | Advanced Agents & Tool Use | Agents Reading Quiz 1 | HW 4 – Agents | Wed, Oct 29 |
| 8 | Wed, Oct 22 | Building Agents Working Session | Agents Reading Quiz 2 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Oct 27 | Guest Speaker – Agents in Production | - | – | – |
| 9 | Wed, Oct 29 | Evaluation of AI Solutions | – | – | |
| 10 | Mon, Nov 3 | Strategy for AI Value Creation | Evaluations Reading Quiz | HW 5 – Strategy Memo | Mon, Nov 10 |
| 10 | Wed, Nov 5 | Guest Speaker – AI Strategy in Practice | – | – | – |
| 11 | Mon, Nov 10 | Project Guidelines, Team Formation & Work Session | AI Strategy Reading Quiz | Group Project Overview | Wed, Dec 10 (Presentation) |
| 11 | Wed, Nov 12 | Project Work Session | – | – | – |
| 12 | Mon, Nov 17 | Project Work Session | – | – | – |
| 12 | Wed, Nov 19 | Project Peer Review | – | Peer Demo and Review Write-up | Mon, Nov 24 |
| 13 | Mon, Nov 24 | No Class (Thanksgiving Week) | – | – | – |
| 13 | Wed, Nov 26 | No Class (Thanksgiving Week) | – | – | – |
| 14 | Mon, Dec 1 | Final Project Work Session | – | – | – |
| 14 | Wed, Dec 3 | Final Project Rehearsals | – | – | – |
| 15 | Mon, Dec 8 | Final Presentations – Session 1 | – | 5 pts. Extra Credit (Student Ratings Survey) | |
| 15 | Wed, Dec 10 | Final Presentations – Session 2 & Course Wrap-up | – | Final Exam | Wed, Dec 17 (Testing Center) |